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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Summary: In accordance with the
requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
which provides opportunity for public
comment on new or revised data
collections, the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed data collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information has practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden related to
the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
1. Title and purpose of information
collection: Appeal Under the Railroad
Retirement and Railroad Unemployment
Insurance Act; OMB 3220–0007.
Under Section 7(b)(3) of the Railroad
Retirement Act (RRA), and Section 5(c)
of the Railroad Unemployment
Insurance Act (RUIA) any person
aggrieved by a decision made by an
office of the RRB on his or her
application for an annuity or benefit
under those Acts has the right to appeal
to the RRB. This right is prescribed in
20 CFR 260 and 20 CFR 320. The
notification letter, which is provided at
the time of filing the original
application, informs the applicant of
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such right. When an applicant protests
a decision, the concerned RRB office
reviews the entire file and any
additional evidence submitted and
sends the applicant a letter explaining
the basis of the determination. The
applicant is then notified that to protest
further, they can appeal to the RRB’s
Bureau of Hearings and Appeals. The
appeal process is prescribed in 20 CFR
260.5 and 260.9 and 20 CFR 320.12 and
320.38.
To file a request for an appeal the
applicant must complete Form HA–1,
Appeal Under the Railroad Retirement
Act or Railroad Unemployment
Insurance Act. The form asks the
applicant to explain the basis for their
request for an appeal and, if necessary,
to describe any additional evidence they
wish to submit in support of the appeal.
Completion is voluntary, however, if the
information is not provided the RRB
cannot process the appeal. The RRB
proposes no changes to Form HA–1.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Form No.
Annual
responses
Time
(minutes)
Burden
(hours)
HA–1 ............................................................................................................................................
550
20
185
supplemental annuity must be reduced
by one dollar for each two dollars of
Last Pre-Retirement Non-Railroad
Employment (LPE) earnings for each
month of such service. However, the
reduction cannot exceed 50 percent of
the Tier II and supplemental annuity
amount for the month to which such
deductions apply. The LPE generally
refers to an annuitant’s last employment
with a non-railroad person, company, or
institution prior to retirement, which
was performed at the same time as
2. Title and purpose of information
collection: Annual Earnings
Questionnaire; OMB 3220–0179.
Under section 2(e)(3) of the Railroad
Retirement Act (RRA), an annuity is not
payable for any month in which a
beneficiary works for a railroad. In
addition, an annuity is reduced for any
month in which the beneficiary works
for an employer other than a railroad
employer and earns more than a
prescribed amount. Under the 1988
amendments to the RRA, the Tier II
portion of the regular annuity and any
railroad employment or after the
annuitant stopped railroad employment.
The collection obtains earnings
information needed by the RRB to
determine if possible reductions in
annuities are in order due to LPE.
The RRB utilizes Form G–19L,
Annual Earnings Questionnaire, to
obtain LPE earnings information from
annuitants. One response is requested of
each respondent. Completion is
required to retain a benefit. The RRB
proposes no changes to Form G–19L.
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ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Form No.
Annual
responses
Time
(minutes)
Burden
(hours)
G–19L ..........................................................................................................................................
300
15
75
Additional Information or Comments:
To request more information or to
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Dana.Hickman@RRB.GOV. Comments
regarding the information collection
should be addressed to Brian Foster,
Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North
Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611–
1275 or emailed to Brian.Foster@rrb.gov.
Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Brian D. Foster,
Clearance Officer.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq
ISE, LLC; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed
Rule Change To Amend the
Exchange’s INET Port Fees To Indicate
That Those Fees Are Prorated
February 14, 2018.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on February
9, 2018, Nasdaq ISE, LLC (‘‘ISE’’ or
‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I and II
below, which Items have been prepared
by the Exchange. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to amend
INET Port Fees at Section V, D to
indicate those fees are not prorated.
The text of the proposed rule change
is available on the Exchange’s website at
https://ise.cchwallstreet.com/, at the
principal office of the Exchange, and at
the Commission’s Public Reference
Room.
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II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for
the proposed rule change and discussed
any comments it received on the
proposed rule change. The text of these
1 15
2 17
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
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statements may be examined at the
places specified in Item IV below. The
Exchange has prepared summaries, set
forth in sections A, B, and C below, of
the most significant aspects of such
statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
The purpose of the proposed rule
change is to include language within the
Schedule of Fees at Section V, D,
entitled ‘‘INET Port Fees’’ to clarify that
the port fees in this section are not
subject to proration. Today, the
Exchange does not prorate the pricing
for these ports.
Background
The Exchange previously filed 3 to: (1)
Establish ports and gateways that
members use to connect to the Exchange
with the migration of the Exchange’s
trading system to the Nasdaq INET
architecture, and (2) amend the
Schedule of Fees to adopt fees for those
ports and gateways. The Exchange
established fees for the following
connectivity options that are available
in connection with the Exchange’s
trading system: Specialized Quote Feed
(‘‘SQF’’),4
SQF Purge,5 Dedicated SQF Host,6
Ouch to Trade Options (‘‘OTTO’’),7
3 See Securities and Exchange Act Release No.
81095 (July 13, 2017), 82 FR 32409 (July 7, 2017)
(SR–ISE–2017–62).
4 SQF is an interface that allows market makers
to connect and send quotes, sweeps and auction
responses into the Exchange. Data includes the
following: (1) Options Auction Notifications (e.g.,
opening imbalance, Flash, PIM, Solicitation and
Facilitation or other information); (2) Options
Symbol Directory Messages; (3) System Event
Messages (e.g., start of messages, start of system
hours, start of quoting, start of opening); (4) Option
Trading Action Messages (e.g., halts, resumes); (5)
Execution Messages; (6) Quote Messages (quote/
sweep messages, risk protection triggers or purge
notifications).
5 SQF Purge is a specific port for the SQF
interface that only receives and notifies of purge
requests from the market maker. Dedicated SQF
Purge Ports enable market makers to seamlessly
manage their ability to remove their quotes in a
swift manner.
6 A Dedicated SQF Host is an optional offering
available to Market Makers—i.e., Primary Market
Makers (‘‘PMMs’’) and Competitive Market Makers
(‘‘CMMs’’)—only for their SQF Port & SQF Purge
Port connectivity. A Dedicated SQF Host provides
the PMM or CMM with assurance that their SQF
Port and SQF Purge Port connection to the
Exchange resides on a host that is not shared with
other PMMs and CMMs.
7 OTTO is an interface that allows market
participants to connect and send orders, auction
orders and auction responses into the Exchange.
Data includes the following: (1) Options Auction
Notifications (e.g., Flash, PIM, Solicitation and
Facilitation or other information); (2) Options
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Clearing Trade Interface (‘‘CTI’’),8
Financial Information eXchange
(‘‘FIX’’),9 FIX Drop,10 Disaster
Recovery,11 and Market Data Port.12 The
Exchange proposes to add a clarifying
sentence to make clear that port fees are
assessed in full month increments and
are not prorated, to avoid any confusion.
2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that its
proposal is consistent with Section 6(b)
of the Act,13 in general, and furthers the
Symbol Directory Messages; (3) System Event
Messages (e.g., start of messages, start of system
hours, start of quoting, start of opening); (5) Option
Trading Action Messages (e.g., halts, resumes); (6)
Execution Messages; (7) Order Messages (order
messages, risk protection triggers or purge
notifications).
8 CTI is a real-time clearing trade update message
that is sent to a member after an execution has
occurred and contains trade details. The message
containing the trade details is also simultaneously
sent to The Options Clearing Corporation (‘‘OCC’’).
The information includes, among other things, the
following: (i) The Clearing Member Trade
Agreement or ‘‘CMTA’’ or ‘‘OCC’’ number; (ii)
Exchange badge or house number; (iii) the Exchange
internal firm identifier; and (iv) an indicator which
will distinguish electronic and non-electronically
delivered orders; (v) liquidity indicators and
transaction type for billing purposes; (vi) capacity.
9 FIX is an interface that allows market
participants to connect and send orders and auction
orders into the Exchange. Data includes the
following: (1) Options Symbol Directory Messages;
(2) System Event Messages (e.g., start of messages,
start of system hours, start of quoting, start of
opening); (3) Option Trading Action Messages (e.g.,
halts, resumes); (4) Execution Messages; (5) Order
Messages (order messages, risk protection triggers or
purge notifications).
10 FIX Drop is a real-time order and execution
update message that is sent to a member after an
order been received/modified or an execution has
occurred and contains trade details. The
information includes, among other things, the
following: (1) Executions; (2) cancellations; (3)
modifications to an existing order (4) busts or posttrade corrections.
11 Disaster Recovery ports provide connectivity to
the exchange’s disaster recovery data center in
Chicago to be utilized in the event the exchange has
to fail over during the trading day. DR Ports are
available for SQF, SQF Purge, Dedicated SQF, CTI,
OTTO, FIX and FIX Drop.
12 Market Data ports provide connectivity to the
Exchange’s proprietary market data feeds, including
the Nasdaq ISE Real-time Depth of Market Raw Data
Feed (‘‘Depth of Market Feed’’), the Nasdaq ISE
Order Feed (‘‘Order Feed’’), the Nasdaq ISE Top
Quote Feed (‘‘Top Quote Feed’’), the Nasdaq ISE
Trades Feed (‘‘Trades Feed’’), and the Nasdaq ISE
Spread Feed (‘‘Spread Feed’’). Each of the feeds
described above, with the exception of the Trades
Feed, have previously been established as market
data offerings of the Exchange, and market
participants are charged for subscriptions to these
products. The Trades Feed is a free market data
product provided to subscribers of at least one of
the fee liable market data products described above.
In connection with the adoption of Market Data
ports described above, the Exchange further
proposes to establish the Trades Feed. Market Data
ports are available via multicast, TCP, or as an intraday snapshot, except that the intra-day snapshot
option is available solely for the Depth of Market
Feed, Top Quote Feed, and Spread Feed.
13 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
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[Notices]
[Pages 7511-7512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03491]
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Summary: In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506
(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides
opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the
Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries of
proposed data collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed information
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information has practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the RRB's estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden related to the collection of information on respondents,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
1. Title and purpose of information collection: Appeal Under the
Railroad Retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act; OMB 3220-
0007.
Under Section 7(b)(3) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), and
Section 5(c) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) any
person aggrieved by a decision made by an office of the RRB on his or
her application for an annuity or benefit under those Acts has the
right to appeal to the RRB. This right is prescribed in 20 CFR 260 and
20 CFR 320. The notification letter, which is provided at the time of
filing the original application, informs the applicant of such right.
When an applicant protests a decision, the concerned RRB office reviews
the entire file and any additional evidence submitted and sends the
applicant a letter explaining the basis of the determination. The
applicant is then notified that to protest further, they can appeal to
the RRB's Bureau of Hearings and Appeals. The appeal process is
prescribed in 20 CFR 260.5 and 260.9 and 20 CFR 320.12 and 320.38.
To file a request for an appeal the applicant must complete Form
HA-1, Appeal Under the Railroad Retirement Act or Railroad Unemployment
Insurance Act. The form asks the applicant to explain the basis for
their request for an appeal and, if necessary, to describe any
additional evidence they wish to submit in support of the appeal.
Completion is voluntary, however, if the information is not provided
the RRB cannot process the appeal. The RRB proposes no changes to Form
HA-1.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual
Form No. responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HA-1......................................................... 550 20 185
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Title and purpose of information collection: Annual Earnings
Questionnaire; OMB 3220-0179.
Under section 2(e)(3) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), an
annuity is not payable for any month in which a beneficiary works for a
railroad. In addition, an annuity is reduced for any month in which the
beneficiary works for an employer other than a railroad employer and
earns more than a prescribed amount. Under the 1988 amendments to the
RRA, the Tier II portion of the regular annuity and any supplemental
annuity must be reduced by one dollar for each two dollars of Last Pre-
Retirement Non-Railroad Employment (LPE) earnings for each month of
such service. However, the reduction cannot exceed 50 percent of the
Tier II and supplemental annuity amount for the month to which such
deductions apply. The LPE generally refers to an annuitant's last
employment with a non-railroad person, company, or institution prior to
retirement, which was performed at the same time as railroad employment
or after the annuitant stopped railroad employment. The collection
obtains earnings information needed by the RRB to determine if possible
reductions in annuities are in order due to LPE.
The RRB utilizes Form G-19L, Annual Earnings Questionnaire, to
obtain LPE earnings information from annuitants. One response is
requested of each respondent. Completion is required to retain a
benefit. The RRB proposes no changes to Form G-19L.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual
Form No. responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-19L........................................................ 300 15 75
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Additional Information or Comments: To request more information or
to obtain a copy of the information collection justification, forms,
and/or supporting material, contact Dana Hickman at (312) 751-4981 or
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[email protected]. Comments regarding the information collection
should be addressed to Brian Foster, Railroad Retirement Board, 844
North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-1275 or emailed to
[email protected]. Written comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Brian D. Foster,
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-03491 Filed 2-20-18; 8:45 am]
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